bone china
a fine, naturally white china made with bone ash.
Origin of bone china
1- Also called bone porcelain.
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How to use bone china in a sentence
My parents will only drink their morning tea out of their favorite fine bone china mugs.
He pulled a bone china teacup printed with white floral bells, Lily of the Valley, from one of the cabinets.
Short Stories from The Daily Beast: Four Hundred Grand | Elliot Ackerman | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was more finely bred than any American she had met, with his bone-china accent, willowy height and languid wit.
Tallulah Bankhead: Gay, Drunk and Liberated in an Era of Excess Art | Judith Mackrell | January 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor present purposes not much is to be learned from the soft porcelains of France nor from the bone china of England.
The Potter's Craft | Charles F. BinnsLater on I shall tell you much about soft paste wares, and about bone china.
The Story of Porcelain | Sara Ware Bassett
There is also a so-called porcelain made from a mixture of clays and phosphates—a ware known to the trade as bone china.
The Story of Porcelain | Sara Ware BassettBut bone china is very strong, and does not chip as does a more brittle variety.
The Story of Porcelain | Sara Ware Bassett
British Dictionary definitions for bone china
porcelain containing bone ash
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